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Wrestler Forced to Cut Dreadlocks Courtside To avoid losing N.J. High School Match

Wrestler Forced to Cut Dreadlocks Courtside To avoid losing N.J. High School Match

A Black High School Wrestler Was Reportedly Forced By A Ref To Cut Off His Dreadlocks. The kid in question is Andrew Johnson.

The incident has been referred to state officials and the body that governs high school athletics in New Jersey.

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association has recommended that the white referee at the center of the controversy, Alan Maloney, be sidelined “until this matter has been reviewed more thoroughly.”
This is not the first incident for Maloney. Maloney used a racial slur at a social gathering of officials in March 2016.

Maloney, who is white, used the slur in an argument over homemade wine in a Jersey Shore condo after many of the officials gathered following a youth tournament in Wildwood. Another official, Preston Hamilton, who is black, then slammed Maloney to the ground over the remark.

The wrestler’s coaches argued the referee’s decision for several minutes, until the referee started the injury time clock. At this point, the wrestler removed the cap, and agreed to have his hair cut.

UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley is FIRED UP over the high school wrestling ref who made a black kid cut his dreadlocks before a match. He told TMZ:

Bruno Malfacine Is The Greatest BJJ Competitor Ever To Step On The Mat & For The First Time Ever – The Only 10x Weight Class Black Belt World Champion In History – Wants To Show You How He Wrecks The Big Guys .